Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

Thinkest thou this to be thy right, Or'sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God's,

New American Standard Bible

“Do you think this is according to justice?
Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?

King James Version

Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

Holman Bible

Do you think it is just when you say,
“I am righteous before God”?

International Standard Version

"Are you saying that it's just for you to claim, "I'm more righteous than God?'

A Conservative Version

What [is] this thou think in judgment? Who are thou that thou said, I am righteousness before LORD?

Amplified


“Do you think this is according to [your] justice?
Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?

Bible in Basic English

Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,

Darby Translation

Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

Julia Smith Translation

Didst thou reckon this for judgment thou saidst, My justice is above God?

King James 2000

Think you this to be right, that you said, My righteousness is more than God's?

Lexham Expanded Bible

"Do you think this [is] justice when you say, '{I am right} before God'?

Modern King James verseion

Do you think this to be right, you that say, I am more just than God?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"Thinkest thou it right, that thou saidst, 'I am righteous before God?'

NET Bible

"Do you think this to be just: when you say, 'My right before God.'

New Heart English Bible

"Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's,'

The Emphasized Bible

This, dost thou think to be right? Thou hast said - My righteousness is more than GOD'S.

Webster

Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

World English Bible

"Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's,'

Youngs Literal Translation

This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said -- 'My righteousness is more than God's?'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
thou this to be right
משׁפּט 
Mishpat 
Usage: 421

Context Readings

Elihu Condemns Job

1 Moreover Elihu answered and said, 2 Thinkest thou this to be thy right, Or'sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God's, 3 That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? And , What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?

Cross References

Matthew 12:36-37

And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

Job 9:17

For he breaketh me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause.

Job 10:7

Although thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?

Job 16:17

Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.

Job 19:6-7

Know now that God hath subverted me in my cause , And hath compassed me with his net.

Job 27:2-6

As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul:

Job 34:5

For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right:

Job 40:8

Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?

Luke 19:22

He saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up that which I laid not down, and reaping that which I did not sow;

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